`Spoken word' format reappears.(Entertainment)(The literary art form uses lyrics, poetry and stories that are spoken)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | February 21, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard

There's a place in west Eugene where words and music and stories come together once a week.

It's called the "Spoken Word/Open-Mike Forum" at the Monroe Street Cafe, even if there's no longer any microphone to be found, thanks to some neighborly complaints that put the kibosh on the whole thing a couple of years ago.

A couple of months ago, however, the Wednesday night happening returned - with relish.

It's now a Eugene scene unplugged, if you will. Something reminiscent of a Greenwich Village cafe ...

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